Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-18
GENERAL MARKETS.
Produce and Provistons.

ST. LOUIS, MO-, May H. Flour-Improved
demand but unchanged. Wheat-May and June
firm and closed &c higher, but new crop months
closed at 5S04c below yesterday; No. 2 red
cash 85356s6C; May $50 686c. closing at SEC;
June Soc; July Sl2E 6821c, cIosiog at SIC; Aug
ust Sla6Sl2sc, closing at 81%c; September
62}56S34c, closing at s25c. Corn firm and
46Hc higher, with active export demand
cash 3724 038c; May $3.50 bid; June 3776c; July
7z5038c closing at SIC; August $3.50 bid. Oats
Easy; no trading in options; cash 27$Sc; May
2714cI bid; June Pike bid; July held at 26 and
August 2424C. COrnmeal firm and active 81 10.
Whisky steady at 81 o.. Provisions very quiet.
Pork-Old mess $l4 90; Irregular new SIS 70.
Lard Sc so Dry salt meats, boxed, long clears
81 1214 clear ribs 81 Ga; short clear 81 SIX.
BaCon-BOXed shoulders Sc 1906 25; long
clear 81 80D7 IS; clear ribs 81 Is. Hams quiet
and unchanged at SD 25614 90. Afternoon
board-Wheat lower but. firm; June S5c; July
S1$0Slzsc; August 81 - Sl1s September S224c.
Corn dull but firmly held. Oats steady.
CHICAGO, ILL, May 17.-Wheats started in
this morning with jump to soc for June and
sold Immediately to S975@S9Hc; it then dropped
back to SS5s0S324C, but was active and irreg
ular. Trading was very general at the start
and clique brokers did very little. AS the ses-
sion advanced trading in wheat became very
light, though, considering the amount Of bust
ness done, prices moved around with consider
able activity. Limits were between S71%0SSz<
6S9 for June and Texas found it impossible to
move them either above or below these figures
until short time before the close of the SEES
sion, though both extremes were touched seve-
raj times. 1t was evident that buying opera
lions of the clique were not large. Toward the
close the market again stiffened up and closed
at S8zsc for June and S525c for July. July corn
opened stronger at4l}Sc, bat broke to Al 15cW when
wheat declined. 1t afterWard developed into
quite interesting deal, and ranged between 4l0
4l%c for July, and closed at latter hgur- 8.
July ribs opened firm and higher at ST 421%
The frmness was due to lighter receipts of
hogs than was expected. July lard opened
steady at Sc go. Afterwards provisions became
quiet, and July rebate sold down to 81 % and
July ribs TO 81 S21z, closing at Sc 80 for former
and 81 S2% for latter The leading futures
closed So follows: Wheat, No. 2, May s77sc;
No. 2, May 3S&c; June 3924c; July 436c;
August EXC. Mess pork-May and June 500 so.
Lard-May Sc 70; June Sc IS; July Sc S22; Aug
g Sc g shGFt !b I per 3 3 aSc pounds = az
Cash quotations: Flour-Prices unchanged,
market firm; No. spring wheat S74 GsS14c; No.
2 red S8c; No. corn 3S;S 039c. Mess pork $40 so.
Lard Sc 70; Short ribs sides C0ose) 81 1907 10
Dry sailed shoulders (boxed) S. 6O05 20. Short
clear sides (boXed) 81 55@T so.
NEW YORK, May 17.-Flour-Market very firm
v it'll moderately active business. Wheat, spot
lots, 1a@4c lower with an increased export
business; options opened shade better, later
ruled easier and declined 1850, closing
steady with slight reaction; speculation only
moderate; spot No red S70S77ac at elevator;
9S09Shc delivered; May 963sG97%c, closing at
&c; June 961a 097 1-16c, closing at 96%c; July
closing at CSC; August 93@935sc,
closing at $3.50 CoTn-SpOt lots shade lower
and dull; options shade lower in some cases
and dull, closing steady; spot No. ?, 4Sc;
elevator 49Ac; August 5065O16c, closing 5OIc.
Coffee-Spot fair; Rio quiet at 1870;
Options higher and fairly active; sales 1880
bags; May SIS 60017 90; June SIS 5OG17 y; July
SIC 95017 80; August ST 100I7 10; September
SIT 15a17 5O;October SIT 25Gl7 go November and
December 81 300l7 65; January ST. 4O0l7 IS;
February SIT 456$l7 80; March ST. 8O6l7 50.
Sugar duh and nominal; refined quiet and
steady; Molasses steady. Rice firm. Pork ir-
regular and lower; new mess SIS 30. Cutmeats
steady. Lard points higher and moderately
active; spot 81 o.; June ST O407 O6; July 81 126
Z 10; August ST 2007 %.
NEW ORLEANS, May I7-Flour-Quiet but
firm; choice So 8O63 80; fancy 81 1904 20;
extra fancy 81 OO04 80; Minnesota and winter
wheat patent 81 9005 10. Corn quiet, Cotton
seed products IN fair demand; prime crude oil
2s@30c; summer yellow SEC; cake and meal
$40 0O62O 40. Sugar-Quiet but steady; open
kettle-Good, fair to prime 45E05c; centrifu
gals-of white $50 9-16c; choice yellow clari
fed 81 @5 9-16c; seconds 4H65 &c. MolassHS,
centrifugals-strictly prime to fancy
2S9S3c. Exchange on New York 81 5Opremtum